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In this groundbreaking William C. Morris Award winner for a YA debut, Gabis life is a messher family, her friends, her attempts at a love lifebut writing helps, especially since it turns out shes pretty good at poetry.
Gabi Hernandez chronicles her last year of high school in her diary: college applications, Cindys pregnancy, Sebastians coming out, the cute boys, her fathers meth habit, and the food she craves. And best of all, the poetry that helps forge her identity.
July 24
My mother named me Gabriella, after my grandmother who, coincidentally, didnt want to meet me when I was born because my mother was unmarried, and therefore living in sin. My mom has told me the story many, many, MANY, times of how, when she confessed to my grandmother that she was pregnant with me, her mother beat her. BEAT HER! She was twenty-five. That story is the basis of my sexual education and has reiterated why its important to wait until youre married to give it up. So now, every time I go out with a guy, my mom says, Ojos abiertos, piernas cerradas. Eyes open, legs closed. Thats as far as the birds and the bees talk has gone. And I dont mind it. I dont necessarily agree with that whole wait until youre married crap, though. I mean, this is America and the 21st century; not Mexico one hundred years ago. But, of course, I cant tell my mom that because she will think Im bad. Or worse: trying to be White.
Author: Isabel Quintero
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press
Published: 10/14/2014
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.6lbs
Size: 7.60h x 4.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781935955955
Language: English
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